Five persons were injured, one of them with bullet, during clashes in Hajin area of Bandipora district after an army patrolling party was pelted with stones on Wednesday.

A witness said that a youth was hit by a bullet on his right ankle after soldiers allegedly went berserk in the area after being pelted with stones. He said that as the soldiers went berserk, locals hit streets and clashed with forces personnel who fired dozens of teargas shells and pellets to disperse them.

“Four youth were hit by pellets while one youth was hit by a bullet in his ankle. The injured were shifted to community health center, Hajin,” he said.

A doctor posted in CHC Hajin said that they received five injured youth. One of them was identified as Nayeem Ahmad Mir who was hit by a bullet in his right ankle, he said.

“He was referred to the bone and joint hospital Barzulla in Srinagar for specialised treatment. Four pellet injured were treated at the CHC,” the doctor said.